The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-29
Is Newberry Town or a City?
Rec. Sid H. Brouwe, in Christian
Neighoor.

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How this town has grown since l
first saw it-lS47-the year Twas
Juuior with G. A. Crowell. New
berry Circuit, OUT field that year,
then went down within twelve miles
Of Colu.Ibis and up within about the
same distance Of Laurens. Six pas
toral charges, l think, have, since
that day, been made out of that one
The town alone now has five other
white churches besides the Metho-
dist. Four 0f l number right col.
ored churches make ten in all. The
devoted and gentle-spirited pastor of
the Methodist Church, J. L. Stokes,
and his charge, appear quite satisfied
with the renewal of the relation of
81. He said that most friendly
fraternity obtained among all the
churches Of the town.
Had l not been in the itinerancy
in l841 reckon | might have started
newspaper in Newberry. No paper
published there then-now there are
two. besides two or three Others that
staid there awhile:
Besides the Improvements in the
buildings in what was then the town
there stands the Lutheran College,
grand and imposing to the west, the
Factory hard by the old depot,
and the Opera House-the finest
building, they say, in or around the
town. The Methodist Church and
Station parsonage have not escaped
manifest remodeliRg for the better.
In fact the old Circuit parsonage is
done away and new and far better
one for the station built on the same
lot. The Newberry Circuit parson-
age is also in the town, occupied by
that faithful worker, pastor NJ. Nj.
Brabham.
Newberry has its share Of large
and we'll stocked stoGes. and three
hotels-may he more, The Blease
II. H.l Hotel I got best acquainted
wltb-could not help it-for the
proprietor. the Trial Justice of the
town, arrested me and committed
me to the custody of his superior
self who, l guess, treated me far
better than the Judge himself treated
some OF the visitors to his Court
room.
Fronting my comfortable quarters,
and across the street, stands the ele-
giant residence Of 4}E, Mayer and his
good Methodist wife, formerly Mrs.
General Kinard. The presence Of
DR., Mayer ('Lou'') and Hun (Mrs.
Humbert now) in the Methodist
Church on Sunday, where | heard
well-digested sermon from +. T..
Hodges, brought to mind old times
good times they were too-when
these two women were supports to the
preachers and pillars in the church
there and elsewhere as we'll, and are
so yet.
Sabbath afternoon attended the
interesting anniversary of the Wo-
mans Missionary Society--the juve
niles in the same good work also had
a merited place in the program Of the
occasion. Mrs. Herbert, postmaster
of the town, is President. Mrs.
Humbert addressed the meeting,
giving' much shat wes entertaining
and instructive. Recitations by little
gi-l and another by young lady
were apropo. Pastor Stokes guided
the exercises in his smooth way of
doing things
Amid changes |, Of course, mizsed
many of those who were here forty
one Years ago-and met with J. S.
Russall, Mr.. and Mrs. Hart Blease
and Others who have since come into
pa ace. But Newberry would not be
Newberry without Dick Chapman,
albeit his big fat dogs and high wood
pile are no longer seen. But brother
Dick is there all the same---.ln q aew
and finer hn.se. out he works at the
! same corner, and is the same clever
man and friend of the church and of
the preachers and Of everybody else
that will do half way right.